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Blowback from industry and union on OSHA for Smithfield/JBS fines

By Dan Flynn on September 15, 2020

Those OSHA fines for not protecting employees from the coronavirus are getting blow-back from both the industry and the union.

The North American Meat Institute (NAMI) issued a statement after Smithfield Foods in Sioux Falls,…
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OSHA fines JBS beef plant in Colorado for failing to protect employees from virus

By News Desk on September 14, 2020

The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has cited a second large meat production company for failing to protect employees from exposure to the coronavirus.

Nearly 300 JBS employees in Greeley,…
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Smithfield appeals OSHA fine for not protecting meat plant employees from COVID-19

By News Desk on September 12, 2020

 The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has cited Smithfield Packaged Meats Corp. in Sioux Falls, SD, for failing to protect employees from exposure to the coronavirus. OSHA proposed a penalty

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Food safety claims land Smithfield Foods Inc. in D.C. court

By Dan Flynn on May 26, 2020

The Organic Consumers Association has sued Smithfield Foods Inc. in Superior Court for the District of Columbia over allegedly “deceptive food safety marketing representations about pork products.

Smithfield, VA-based Smithfield Foods is accused of making…
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Sonny Perdue’s predictions about meat production recoveries could be coming true

By Dan Flynn on May 8, 2020

Meat production this week is up about 3 percent compared with the previous week, according to market reports by SiriusXM’s Rural Radio. That’s still off by as much as a third from a year ago.…
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Demand for federal court take over of Smithfield pork plant goes unanswered

By Dan Flynn on May 1, 2020

Going into a motion hearing yesterday, attorneys for Smithfield Foods might have expected a quick ruling in their favor. After all, hours earlier the company’s plant had been placed under the federal government’s Defense Production…
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Mood turns sour as meat and poultry industry tries to keep production up with demand

By Dan Flynn on April 28, 2020

 When they have not sold enough spot advertising, broadcasters air public service announcements that these days are all about how we are “in this together.”

But up and down the meat industry, the only togetherness …
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This sign was posted outside the JBS beef plant in Greeley, CO.

Two large meat facilities shutdown because of too many employee COVID-19 cases

By Dan Flynn on April 14, 2020

COVID-19 has forced the closures of the Smithfield Foods pork processing plant in Sioux Falls, SD, and the JBS USA beef plant in Greeley, CO.

Smithfield on Easter Sunday announced the former John Morrell plant…
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Death, illness reports cause industry to get busy with COVID-19 mitigation measures

By Dan Flynn on April 10, 2020

Saul Sanchez, a 78-year old “green hat” supervisor at the JBS beef plant in Greeley, CO, died from COVID-19 on April 7. He worked at the Greeley beef plant for more than 30 years.

After…
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Amendments to Nebraska Bill Might be Expansion Card for Smithfield Foods

By Dan Flynn on March 5, 2015

Recently filed amendment language now pending in the Nebraska Legislature could clear the way for Chinese-owned Smithfield Foods Inc. to own, control, and feed hogs in contract swine operations in the state. The foreign-owned agribusiness…
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